Dictionary

offender en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /əˈfen.də(ɹ)/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /əˈfen.dɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English offendour, offender, offendir, equivalent to offend + -er.

Meanings

1. One who gives or causes offense, or does something wrong.
   • Almost all down trains are late, however; the empty wagon trains are probably the worst offenders and one or two hours' late running by them is not unusual. 1961 March, Warren Smith, “The problems of train regulation - a study of operation at Trent”, in Trains Illustrated, page 169:
2. A person who commits an offense against the law, a lawbreaker.

Forms

Deriveds

main offender · habitual offender · status offender · offendress · sex offender · multioffender · sexual offender · non-offender · young offender · youthful offender · juvenile offender · repeat offender

Translations (64)

hu jogsértő (a person who commits an offense against the law) · ru оби́дчица (one who gives or causes offense) · be злачынец (a person who commits an offense against the law) · ru оби́дчик (one who gives or causes offense) · hu bűnöző (a person who commits an offense against the law) · mk престапник (a person who commits an offense against the law) · cy pechadur (a person who commits an offense against the law) · fi syyllinen (a person who commits an offense against the law) · pt transgressor (a person who commits an offense against the law) · cmn 犯罪分子 (a person who commits an offense against the law) · bg виновник (one who gives or causes offense) · ga ciontóir (a person who commits an offense against the law) · es ofensor (a person who commits an offense against the law) · de Straftäter (a person who commits an offense against the law) · ru правонаруши́тельница (a person who commits an offense against the law) · fa تقصیرکار (one who gives or causes offense) · fa خاطی (a person who commits an offense against the law) · bg нарушител (one who gives or causes offense) · es ofendedor (one who gives or causes offense) · fa مقصر (one who gives or causes offense) · ru правонаруши́тель (a person who commits an offense against the law) · te నేరస్థుడు (a person who commits an offense against the law) · es ofensor (one who gives or causes offense) · el παραβάτης (a person who commits an offense against the law) · id pelanggar (a person who commits an offense against the law) · de Straftäterin (a person who commits an offense against the law) · uk правопору́шник (a person who commits an offense against the law) · hu bűnelkövető (a person who commits an offense against the law) · fr contrevenant (a person who commits an offense against the law) · sv gärningsman (a person who commits an offense against the law) · is lögbrotamaður (a person who commits an offense against the law) · it contravventore (a person who commits an offense against the law) · gv foiljagh (a person who commits an offense against the law) · ru престу́пник (a person who commits an offense against the law) · fa قانونشکن (a person who commits an offense against the law) · ja 犯罪者 (a person who commits an offense against the law) · uk правопору́шниця (a person who commits an offense against the law) · th ผู้กระทำผิด (a person who commits an offense against the law) · pt réu (a person who commits an offense against the law) · pl przestępca (a person who commits an offense against the law) · ru престу́пница (a person who commits an offense against the law) · es ofendedor (a person who commits an offense against the law) · bg престъпник (a person who commits an offense against the law) · it corrigendo (a person who commits an offense against the law) · de Täterin (a person who commits an offense against the law) · fi loukkaaja (one who gives or causes offense) · la offensor (one who gives or causes offense) · sv gärningskvinna (a person who commits an offense against the law) · fi rikkoja (one who gives or causes offense) · ar جَانٍ (a person who commits an offense against the law) · de Täter (one who gives or causes offense) · gd ciontach (a person who commits an offense against the law) · cmn 罪犯 (a person who commits an offense against the law) · pt ofensor (one who gives or causes offense) · cs zločinec (a person who commits an offense against the law) · nl schuldige (a person who commits an offense against the law) · ja 罪人 (a person who commits an offense against the law) · de Täter (a person who commits an offense against the law) · cmn 冒犯者 (one who gives or causes offense) · nn lovbrytar (a person who commits an offense against the law) · cmn 違法者 /违法者 (a person who commits an offense against the law) · pt criminoso (a person who commits an offense against the law) · nb lovbryter (a person who commits an offense against the law) · te అపరాధి (a person who commits an offense against the law)